A student tour guide led a group past the Old Main bell during one of many tours on Penn State's University Park campus during the 2011 Spend a Summer Day program on July 27. Spend a Summer Day is a campus open house for prospective first-year students and their families to learn about admissions, academics and student life at Penn State.

Kyra Swick and her mother, Becca, came from Maryland to attend Spend a Summer Day because of the kinesiology department and the fencing program. Both said that Penn State had shot to the top of their list of schools for several reasons, including the quality of student-athlete programs and the beauty of the campus.

Anthony D'Augelli, associate dean of undergraduate programs and outreach in the College of Health and Human Development, offered Summer Day visitors highlights about the college, several faculty members and their highly regarded research.

The Nittany Lion and a student volunteer escort a group of prospective Penn State students and families to the HUB-Robeson Center so they can check in at the start of Spend a Summer Day at University Park, which runs through Aug. 8 this year. (For Spend a Summer Day details at other Penn State locations, go to admissions.psu.edu/sasd/.)

Ed Escalet, director of minority admissions, explains that the University's 20 undergraduate locations and more than 160 majors offer a wide selection of sizes, studies and settings, so students can get a "tailor-made" education at Penn State.

In Alumni Hall, Kyra Swick and her mother, Becca, review the Spend a Summer Day schedule. They were drawn from Maryland to Penn State because of the kinesiology department and the fencing program. Both said that Penn State had shot to the top of their list of universities for several reasons, including the quality of student-athlete programs and facilities and the beauty of the campus.